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Comma outside a quotation mark

 
 
Nat093
 
Reply Wed 25 Jan, 2017 07:01 am
Please look at the following example:

"We don’t want to go on holiday to the same place every year", he said impatiently.

Could you tell me if I punctuated the sentence correctly (following BrE convention)? Should a comma go outside the quotation mark?
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tanguatlay
 
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Reply Wed 25 Jan, 2017 10:27 am
@Nat093,
The comma should be inside the quotation marks in both British and American English in that sentence.
Nat093
 
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Reply Thu 26 Jan, 2017 03:04 am
@tanguatlay,
Is is the rule?

I often read in books that in British English comma is put outside the quotation mark in a sentence like the above.

For example, I found the following examples:

1. "I'll go", she said.
2. "Come here", he told me.

What about a sentence like the following?

Her behaviour was "totally unacceptable", according to Mr Jones.

Could you tell me please what rule I should follow in British English?

(Here I do not quote the whole sentence)

Nat093
 
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Reply Thu 26 Jan, 2017 03:47 am
@Nat093,
I'm sorry I had to correct my post:

Is is the rule?

I often read in books that in British English comma is put outside the quotation mark in a sentence like the above.

For example, I found the following examples:

1. "I'll go", she said.
2. "Come here", he told me.

What about a sentence like the following?

Her behaviour was "totally unacceptable", according to Mr Jones.
(Here I do not quote the whole sentence)

Could you tell me please what rule I should follow in British English?


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